Simon McCoy
| Simon McCoy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 October 1961 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Education | Sherborne School |
| Occupation | Journalist, Newsreader |
| Notable credit(s) |
Sky News BBC News |
| Spouse(s) | Victoria Graham |
| Children | Max |
Simon McCoy (born 7 October 1961) is a newsreader for the BBC, and is a regular presenter on the rolling news channel BBC News between 2pm and 5pm. He is also a regular presenter of the BBC News at One and a relief presenter of BBC Weekend News.
Shortly before 1pm on 18 March 2013, McCoy and co-presenter Sophie Long read the final BBC News bulletin from BBC Television Centre, with BBC News moving to Broadcasting House in Central London for the BBC News at One.
In 2013, he gained fame for holding a ream of paper while presenting the news.
McCoy was born in Hammersmith. He was educated at the independent Sherborne School in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England.
McCoy started his journalism career at the Fleet Street News Agency in London before joining Thames TV as a researcher for Thames News in 1983. After time as a scriptwriter at Thames TV in 1986 he joined the breakfast TV station TV-am as a news editor. In 1988 Simon left to go to a new satellite channel called Sky - initially as a producer on the Sky News breakfast programme Sunrise.
After a year as a general reporter for the station he was appointed Royal Correspondent and between 1991 and 1996 Simon covered all the major stories which affected the Royal Family.
After a job which involved travel around the world throughout the years Simon took a desk job, presenting Sunrise on Sky News. He also presented the Tonight programme - a topical chat show involving interviews with people from the worlds of showbiz, politics and sport.
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